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ANY |
One, some or several |
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HONEYSUCKLE |
One of several species of flowering plants, much
admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. |
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FUR |
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There
are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. |
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THICKHEAD |
Any one of several species of Australian singing birds
of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are
bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes. |
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TREPANG |
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also
beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. |
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POLYNEME |
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of
the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very
long, below the ... |
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TRUNKFISH |
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes,
belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having
an angular body covere... |
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WAXWING |
Any one of several species of small birds of the genus
Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with
small horny ornam... |
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TERRIER |
One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several
distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and
Yorkshire terrier, have lo... |
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RATTAN |
One of the long slender flexible stems of several species
of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are
African and Austra... |
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SAPAJOU |
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of
the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species
are called also ... |
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LORIKEET |
Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots
or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent
islands, with some fo... |
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MARTEN |
Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus
Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species
are the European ... |
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TENDRAC |
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera,
native of Madag... |
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MOA |
Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless
birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder
Dinornithes, f... |
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MOTMOT |
Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds
of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the
species the two ... |
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TUNICATA |
...ng in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one
for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually
dilated in the form... |
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BOTFLY |
...h they deposit
their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse
(Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into t... |